But Parlour believes Wenger should be working to the wire in a bid to reinforce his frontline.

"If I was calling the shots I'd love to bring a striker to Arsenal," Parlour said on Sportlobster.com, "Someone like Cavani if he was available and if not I would have looked at (Wilfried) Bony, (Loic) Remy or (Javier) Hernandez.

"I reckon if he (Wenger) put the money down he could get him (Cavani). Holding I'd get (William) Carvalho and defensively there's not a huge amount of players around. I'd take a gamble and go for Winston Reid."

While targets continue to disappear - with Hernandez and Remy completing moves elsewhere and Carvalho confirming his intention to stay in Portugal - Arsenal fans are becoming increasingly impatient with the lack of noise coming out of Emirates Stadium.

"As frustrated as everyone is I think the strategy has changed. The arrival of (Mesut) Ozil and (Alexis) Sanchez show that but I did think a couple more would have really tested Chelsea and City. I'm still confident of getting the top 4 ahead of United. Defensively they're suspect, they're not playing as a team."